Personally, being a euro, & an engineer, i think metric is the only way to go in terms of ease of use, a standard measurement and is way more accurate! but lets hear your opinion? So..
lb or Kg? MPH or KPH, pint or Litre?
2006-06-15 10:22:30 · 15 answers · asked by masterchief irl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Yes we should,but they put too much emphasis on how to convert from one to the other instead of just throwing out the old system and going metric.What could be simpler,everything is in multiples of ten!How many Americans know how many feet or yards there are in a mile?A kilometer is 1000 meters,so much easier.Unfortunately old President Reagan killed the idea because he could not wrap his senile old mind around such a simple concept.But ketchup as a vegetable he could grasp!
2006-06-15 20:46:50 · answer #1 · answered by J_DOG 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, Wher i work we do Not use the metric system in any of our US plants. The Petrolium Industry (The Equipmnet supply side) Actually Uses the Ansi Standard for Piping. Bolts are bolts. It's all numbers anyway. In manufactering it's not like we use 1/16's or 1/32's it's all in decimal form anyway... it's only a number. Actually almost all equipment we Build is built to API (American Petrolium Institute) Standards and it's the most widely accepted standard. To me when dealing with metric fastners it can be just as confusing as English ones. some sizes have 3-5 thread pitches in metric. English has 2 untill you get up to 1" then there's 3 or 4 (depending on use) Don't even get me going on "Fits" for parts.................
2016-03-27 04:57:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but I'm a chemist so I use it all the time and have career based reasons for my opinion. I think it would make math and science alot easier for some people. People don't seem to realize that conversions are as simple as moving a decimal place. And accuracy is definitely important in some areas. I understand measure twice, cut once. But even fewer errors would be made if you were using metric. That can apply to construction, sewing, cooking, lots of things.
2006-06-15 10:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by merdle19 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not "way more accurate". Any measurement system can be just as accurate as any other. I could invent a unit called a fleegorp, define it to be the current length of my pinky finger, and it could be just as accurate as the meter. However, the meter is both easier to use and is used almost everywhere else, so we really should use the metric system.
2006-06-15 10:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by Amarkov 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have a hard time selling that idea to us. And I know that the metric system is a lot easier to learn and to use.
2006-06-15 10:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by elgil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes to be in sync with the whole world its time to use the metric system.
2006-06-15 11:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by Vivek 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like to, but I'm affraid it will never happen. Americans have already had ways to set them apart from the rest of the world. They're proud of it.
2006-06-15 10:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by Nutty Prof 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many believe the us should go on the metric system, but in fact that would ruin many businesses. though us is is partly on the metric, us scientists us the metric system.
2006-06-15 11:16:09 · answer #8 · answered by BENNY C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We use if for almost all mathmatic calculations, Personally I think that we should but switch but I like MPH
2006-06-15 10:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by Dries 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA is 40 years behind in 'unit in units' and the SI (Système International). Hopelessly antique and conservative!!
2006-06-15 10:37:15 · answer #10 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋